Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Sam's Tours Dock
8 March, 2015
- Team Leader
- Michele Felberg
- Number of Participants
- 5
- Total Debris Collected
- 100 lbs (estimated)
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Sam's Tours Dock
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Sam's Tours Palau
- City
- Koror
- Country
- Palau
- Date
- 8 March, 2015
- Survey Duration
- 50 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude:
Longitude:
- Weather Conditions
- Survey Depth Range
- 8–25 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 150 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 2 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 2 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 14 |
| Bottles: Oil/lube | 3 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 6 |
| Carpet (synthetic) | 1 |
| Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar | 11 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 6 |
| Fishing: Line | 300 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 12 |
| Gloves (latex) | 1 |
| SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins | 1 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 3 |
| Toothbrushes | 1 |
| Plastic Fragments | 43 |
| Strapping Bands (plastic) | 4 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 7 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (glass & Ceramic) | 13 |
| Jars-food (glass) | 13 |
| Light Globes/bulbs/tubes | 1 |
| Syringes (glass) | 1 |
| Glass & Ceramic Fragments | 12 |
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 29 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Aerosol/spray Cans | 1 |
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 85 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 14 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 9 |
| Cups & Plates-tableware/dishes (metal) | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 1 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 6 |
| Metal Fragments | 8 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 13 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Wood Fragments | 9 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags (burlap) | 3 |
| Gloves (cloth) | 11 |
| Rope And String (cloth) | 15 |
| Towels/rags | 8 |
| Cloth Fragments | 12 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 5 |
| Shoes-flip Flops, Sandals, Tennis, Etc | 8 |
Additional Information
Previous owners were a long-line fishing company. Lots of fishing line, tires, batteries, general waste still sitting on the reef
broom, huge pile of 60+ batteries
fishing line
batteries
plastic pieces
